RPP #192: Liz Simon of General Assembly

Interview with Liz Simon, Chief Operating Officer of General Assembly. General Assembly is a pioneer in education and career transformation, specializing in today’s most in-demand skills such as web development, data, design, business, and more. They began as a co-working space in 2011 and have grown into a global learning experience with campuses in 20 cities and over 35,000 graduates worldwide. We discuss:

• Liz's background as a lawyer

  

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• Obama Administration and the US Digital Service
• Audience: students wanting to learn a new skill or companies needing to retrain staff or create a pipeline of new talent
• Impact of the pandemic on teaching methodologies
• Course and program time commitment
• Three-month intensive learning, 9-5, 5 days/week
• Differentiation with MOOCs
• 90% get a job in their field within 3 months
• Partnerships and articulation agreements

• Links to companies mentioned
• https://generalassemb.ly/
• https://www.accredible.com/
• https://www.class.com/
  
  
• Podsafe music selection
• Utopian Prince - Create your own AI Music at Jukedeck 

Duration: 31:05

RPP #176: The Future of Learning Platforms by Phil Hill

• This is a special audio and video podcast of Phil Hill's Keynote, entitled The Future of Learning Platforms. Phil Hill is Publisher of the PhilOnEdTech Blog and Partner at MindWires, LLC. As a market analyst, Phil has analyzed the growth of technology-enabled change for educational institutions. Phil gave this Keynote at the USciences eLearning 3.0 Conference on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Phil discusses:
• LMS market share

  

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• LMS as a walled garden 
• The chasm between visionaries and pragmatists
• Transformation of MOOCs
• New platform designs
• Moving beyond the digitization of traditional classrooms
• Personalized learning
• Machine learning and student data
• Links
• PhilOnEdTech Blog
• MindWires, LLC
• Presentation Slides
• Podsafe Music Selection
• There's nothing impossible by Deus, a techno-classical musician from the Ivory Coast.

Duration: 50:52

RPP #136: ApprenNet: Interview with Paul Freedman, CEO

• Interview with Paul Freedman, CEO of ApprenNet, Inc. 

• We discuss the ApprenNet learning platform
  
• Turning passive videos into active learning
• Combining low-cost, distributed eLearning with the power of simulation
• Practice > Feedback > Mentoring
• Building skills using video
• Merger with HandsFree Learning
• Competency-based education
• Use with MOOCs
• Links
• Case Study: Learning Hands-on Skills Using the ApprenNet Video Platform
• Remembering former CEO, Rachel Jacobs
• RPP #106: ApprenNet: Interview with Karl Okamoto & Emily Foote on LawMeet MOOC

• Podsafe music selection from Magnatune
• Vivaldi: Concerto No. 3 in F Major “Autumn” (Allegro movement) by the American Baroque Orchestra. 

Duration: 27:19

RPP #118: iTunes U: Interview with Dr. Fus

• Interview with Dr. Matthew W. Stoltzfus, Chemistry Lecturer and Faculty Fellow, Digital First Initiative at Ohio State University

• OSU's General Chemistry course with “Dr. Fus” enrolled over 100,000 iTunes U students in the first year it was offered!
• We answer the questions:
• Why not use Khan Academy?
• What recording technology is used?
• Who does the video editing and iTunes U management?
• Is the course linked to a textbook?
• Was the MOOC concept accepted by faculty?
• What's the ROI for using iTunes U?
• Are there incentives for faculty to produce these MOOCs?
• How much effort was put toward marketing?
• Flipping the classroom: what activities are done in class?
• Links
• General Chemistry at OSU
• PaperShow
• Camtasia
• Learning Catalytics
• iTunes U Content Tops One Billion Downloads (Feb '13)
• Using Inquiry and the Scientific Method to Enhance Face to Face Time with Students
• Podsafe music selection from Music Alley
• The Christmas Season by Devo Spice, a comedy rapper from New Jersey who has become one of the most popular artists on the nationally syndicated Dr. Demento Show

Duration: 27:43

RPP #115: Interview with Ken Hartman on the Future of Higher Ed

• Interview: Dr. Kenneth E. Hartman, former President of Drexel University Online and now Senior Fellow at Eduventures

• We discuss the future of Higher Education
• Trends
• Growth of online learning
• Online education is being commoditized
• Demand for lower cost degrees
• Survival of many institutions will be dependent on
• Innovative pedagogy
• Online/Hybrid with proven outcomes
• Controversies 
• Changes to accreditation 
• High discount rates
• The 3 year bachelor's degree
• MOOCs 
• Chasing international students
• Bright Spots
• Innovative young companies bringing new tools and delivery methods
• New modes of learning and computer-adaptive assessment
• Links
• The 'No Wake Syndrome' by Kenneth E. Hartman (Inside Higher Ed, February 11, 2013)

• Podsafe Music from Magnatune
• "Something About Eve" by Falling You. Ethereal ambient new age music from magnatune.com.

Duration: 33:48